Glyn Coy
Fovant Badges and Chiselbury Camp
Chiselbury Camp is another fine example of an Iron Age hill fort sitting on top of a chalk hill in Wiltshire. Although less well...
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Glyn Coy
- Oct 18, 2018
- 1 min
Oldbury Castle, Cherhill
Cherhill Down has featured quite a bit in some of my other posts, not least the one about the Cherhill White Horse that sits upon its...
Glyn Coy
- Oct 18, 2018
- 2 min
Windmill Hill, Avebury
I stumbled across Windmill Hill while visiting the not so hidden Wiltshire site of West Kennet Long Barrow. On the sign at the entrance,...
Glyn Coy
- Oct 17, 2018
- 2 min
White Sheet Hill, Mere
White Sheet Hill is another fine example of elevated chalk grassland which has evidence of ancient history at its summit. While I have...
Glyn Coy
- Oct 14, 2018
- 2 min
Park Hill Camp, Stourton
If you have been following this site for a while you will know that I cover a lot of Iron Age sites in Wiltshire. Whilst I was visiting...
Glyn Coy
- Aug 30, 2018
- 2 min
The Devil's Den and Fyfield Down
The Devil's Den is a bit of a curiosity. It is hard to find and involves hiking through fields with an ordnance survey map, as it is on...
Glyn Coy
- Aug 26, 2018
- 2 min
Lower Moor Farm, Cricklade
I had planned to visit this site in the North of the county for a while, but because of the sheer size of it I was struggling to find a...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 29, 2018
- 1 min
Roman Road - Morgan's Hill to Beckhampton
Wiltshire has a few Roman Roads which can still be walked on, but I discovered this one while visiting Morgan's Hill in 2017. The map...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 29, 2018
- 3 min
Milk Hill and the Pewsey Downs
Milk Hill is the highest point in Wiltshire and is part of the Pewsey Downs, a rolling set of chalk grassland hills between Devizes and...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 25, 2018
- 1 min
Alton Barnes White Horse
Out of all the fabulous White Horses in Wiltshire, the one in Alton Barnes is a clear favourite of mine. Not just because of its...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 15, 2018
- 2 min
Widbrook Wood
In this post about a wood, you will find no photos of woodland because while this is a location with many trees, the greater interest is...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 11, 2018
- 1 min
Hackpen White Horse
The Hackpen White Horse is a spindly, chalk figure etched into the hillside just below the Ridgeway and can be glimpsed from the A361 if...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 9, 2018
- 3 min
Hackpen Hill, Barbury Castle and The Ridgeway
Hackpen Hill can be seen on the right as you drive north from Avebury towards Swindon. I have often glimpsed across to see the spindly...
Glyn Coy
- Jul 6, 2018
- 2 min
Sunsets in Hidden Wiltshire
We all know where people congregate in Wiltshire around the time of the summer solstice. Stonehenge and Avebury get very busy on the...
Glyn Coy
- Jun 9, 2018
- 2 min
Battlesbury Camp
I could see Battlesbury Camp when I walked up Scratchbury Camp a few weeks earlier. Another Iron Age hill fort in the hills above...
Glyn Coy
- May 31, 2018
- 2 min
Clanger Wood
Wiltshire has a lot of woodland sites that are worth visiting, from the enormous Savernake Forest down to small pockets of ancient...